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Using the example of KP Birth Horoscope #1, let us observe what we should be looking for with respect to transiting planets, and what effects they will impact through their transit placements in different areas of the chart.

Let’s first track the Sun. In Bhatt’s Horoscope #1, we note that the Sun is significator for the affairs of houses 10, 6, 3, 12, and 8. Therefore, whenever any planet transits in the star area of the Sun, it will influence the matters signified by houses 10, 6, 3, 12, and 8.

For example: Look at the KP Star and Sub Lord Table and note that the “star area” of the Sun involves the Nakshatras of Krittika, U. Phalguni, and Uttarashadha. The exact degrees of these areas owned by the Sun are 26 degrees Aries 40 minutes to 10 degrees Taurus 00 minutes, 26 degrees Leo 40 minutes to 10 Virgo degrees 00 minutes, and 26 degrees Sagittarius 40 minutes to 10 degrees Capricorn 00 minutes. (These are the star areas of the Sun). So whenever a planet transits in these same star area owned by the Sun, because the sun is significator for the 10^th, 6^th, 3^rd, 12^th, and 8^th houses in this chart, the planet transiting through this area will have influence over the affairs of the houses that the Sun is significator for – or in other words – houses 10, 6, 3, 12, and 8.

The Table below will easily give reference to what areas will be affected in the KP Horoscope #1 Chart when a planet transits in the various star areas of each planet. (See Bhatt's Effective Significator's Table below the Transit Table).

(To personalize the Transit Table when analyzing charts - either your own or another's - just change the houses in Column 4 (Will Impact Houses) to reflect the significators of the chart you are currently working on. I have included a link to blank Transit Tables I and II at the bottom of this article, for your convenience when working on a chart of your choice.)

Transit Table I

Any Planet Transiting in the Star Area of:	Within the Degrees of:	In the Star of:	Will Impact Houses:
1. Aries, Leo, Sagittarius	00°00’ to 13°20’	Ketu	4, 7, 8, and 11
2. Aries, Leo, Sagittarius	13°20’to 26°40’	Venus	3, 5, 6, 10, and 12
3. Aries, Leo, Sagittarius	26°40’to 30°00’	Sun	10, 6, 3, 12, and 8
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn	00°00’ to 10°00’	Sun	10, 6, 3, 12, and 8
4. Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn	10°00’ to 23°20’	Moon	2, 6, 7, and 9
5. Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn	23°20’ to 30°00’	Mars	4, 7, 8, and 11
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius	00°00’ to 06°40’	Mars	4, 7, 8, and 11
6. Gemini, Libra, Aquarius	06°40’ to 20°00’	Rahu	2, 6, 7, and 9
7. Gemini, Libra, Aquarius	20°00’ to 30°00’	Jupiter	1, 2, 3, 4, 10, and 12
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces	00°00’ to 03°20’	Jupiter	1, 2, 3, 4, 10, and 12
8. Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces	03°20’ to 16°40’	Saturn	1, 2, 4, 6, and 8
9. Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces	16°40’ to 30°00’	Mercury	1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 9

Using the Table above, we can see that when any planet transits in the star of Rahu, it will influence houses 2, 6, 7, and 9 – the houses Rahu signifies in this chart.

In this chart, health issues are indicated, and Saturn, Venus, Moon, and Rahu are significators of ill health (house 6). Their sub lords are also malefic due to the fact that they are connected with either house 6 or 8 – or both. So Saturn, Venus, Moon and Rahu are strongly evil for matters affecting the health.

So the planets transiting in the star areas of Saturn, Venus, Moon, and/or Rahu will not have a good effect on the native’s health.

In this horoscope, the native is running a joint period (dasha) of Ra/Ra/Sa from October 8, 1973 through March 12, 1974. So the planets transiting in the star area of Rahu and/or Saturn will give the same results indicated by the dasha of Ra/Ra/Sa if the sub lords of these transiting planets are not detrimental to the matters indicated by the dasha period rulers* – for example - the dasha of Rahu. See below...

*So the planets transiting in the star area (Nakshatra) of Rahu and/or Saturn will give the same results that are indicated by the dasha of Ra/Ra/Sa if the sublords of these transiting planets are not detrimental to the matters indicated by the dasha period rulers - for example - the dasha period of Rahu.

So Rahu and Saturn are not favorable for the health of this native. Therefore, during his Ra/Ra dasha between the dates of approximately November 20, 1973 and December 2, 1973 - when the Sun was transiting in Scorpio between 03 degrees 20 minutes and 16 degrees 40 minutes - in the star of Saturn and in particular during the subs of Saturn (Saturn is the significator for the 6th and 8th houses), Mercury (Mercury is the significator for the 1st and 6th houses), and Ketu (significator for the maraka 7th house and the badhaka 11th house), the native suffered a great deal from asthmatic conditions.

So pay attention to the position of the transiting planets and to the sub lords of these transiting planets. You can personalize Transit Table I and Transit Table II (below) for your own chart, or the chart that you are currently working on. For your convenience, I have constructed Table Table II (below) to enable you to easily list the transit positions of the planets (and their Star and Sub Lords), enabling you to more easily track transit activity in any given chart. Remember to pay attention to the sub lords of these transiting planets to ensure that they are not detrimental to the matters indicated by the dasha period rulers. This Table below can be used in conjunction with the blank Transit Table I that follows Transit Table II. In Table I, you only need to fill in the appropriate house numbers in column 4 - to do that just check which house each planet is significator for, and fill in column 4 "Will Impact Houses".

*All references to the material above are from the work and teachings of Prof. K.S. Krishnamurti, Chandrakant R. Bhatt, K. Subramainiam, Sri M.P. Shanmugam, Prof K. Hariharan, and/or publications in the KP & Astrology Journals/Yearbooks. For Book information, please go to KP Books.